#ncga: A Speaker and his Money
It’s always been said that –when you make it to the top — you become a more appealing target. House speaker Tim Moore is apparently learning that the hard way
Continue readingIt’s always been said that –when you make it to the top — you become a more appealing target. House speaker Tim Moore is apparently learning that the hard way
Continue readingBrian Brown. Jacqueline Schaeffer. Rayne Brown. Leo Daughtry. Paul Tine. Skip Stam. That’s an awful lot of folks bailing out of Jones Street’s lower chamber majority. Could some folks be
Continue readingThere’s an old saying: If you’re going to beg for money, make sure you know the name of the butt you’re kissing. Martha Jenkins, legislative liaison for the Department of
Continue readingOur legislators get roughly $100 per day to cover food and lodging expenses while the legislature is in session. A number of legislators I spoke with said there are several
Continue readingImelda Marcos had 3000-plus shoes. Fletcher Hartsell had, well,um, a lot of stuff. The latest round of campaign finance reports show that Jason Saine, for the first half of 2015,
Continue readingIn 2014, some Raleigh Republicans — led by then-speaker Thom Tillis put together something called North Carolina House Legislative Partners to “educate” the people of North Carolina on the good
Continue readingPolitics is a lot like business in the real world. In business, people form relationships with people because they need something from them. In most cases, those relationships end when
Continue readingI happened to stumble across a Blinkin’ Chris commentary on WRAL radio while driving around today. Of course, the blinkin’ one was in his typical ‘damn the republicans’ mode. But
Continue reading“Who is John Galt? ” — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged ——————————— Bob Dole has been renowned for referring to himself in the third person. Could we have a similar case RIGHT
Continue readingElectorally speaking, things weren’t so tough for senator Fletcher Hartsell from 2012 to 2014. So, why did he personally dump six figures into his campaign fund during that time? Hartsell
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